{"id":10645,"date":"2016-04-02T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T00:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=10645"},"modified":"2016-04-04T08:13:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:13:22","slug":"worcester-inkwell-quill-holder-c-1810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=10645","title":{"rendered":"Worcester inkwell &#038; quill holder, c.1810"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This gorgeous\u00a0porcelain drum form inkwell with conical reservoir and 3 quill holes is\u00a0hand painted in polychrome enamels with\u00a0gilt highlights. Made\u00a0by Worcester around 1810, it is marked on the underside in red script\u00a0&#8220;Goldfinch \/\u00a0Chamberlain\u2019s Worcester.&#8221; It\u00a0measures nearly 2.75 inches high with a diameter of just over 2.5 inches.<\/p>\n<p>I can just imagine the\u00a0dreaded day, well over 150 years ago, when\u00a0this expensive inkwell\u00a0dropped to the hard floor, breaking into 4 pieces. A\u00a0skilled tinker or itinerant &#8220;china mender&#8221; came to the rescue by adding 7 iron staples and a copper band around the top, enabling the inkwell to function again. Putty was added to help seal gaps left along the rim and for added assurance\u00a0that ink would not seep through the bonded cracks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10825\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10825\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9104-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9104\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9104-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9104-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9104-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10832\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10832\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9143-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9143\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9143-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9143-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9143-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10826\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10826\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9106.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9106\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9106.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9106-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9106-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10831\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10831\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10831\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9117.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9117\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9117.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9117-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9117-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10827\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10827\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9107-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9107\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9107-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9107-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9107-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10828\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10828\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10828\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9108.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9108\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9108.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9108-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9108-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10829\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10829\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9110.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9110\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9110.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9110-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9110-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10830\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10830\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9114.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9114\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9114.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9114-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9114-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is another rare example of a Chamberlains Worcester inkwell, minus the early repairs that mine has.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10834\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10834\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-02-at-11.49.09-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-02 at 11.49.09 AM\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-02-at-11.49.09-AM.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-02-at-11.49.09-AM-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-02-at-11.49.09-AM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-saleroom.com\">The Saleroom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This gorgeous\u00a0porcelain drum form inkwell with conical reservoir and 3 quill holes is\u00a0hand painted in polychrome enamels with\u00a0gilt highlights. Made\u00a0by Worcester around 1810, it is marked on the underside in red script\u00a0&#8220;Goldfinch \/\u00a0Chamberlain\u2019s Worcester.&#8221; It\u00a0measures nearly 2.75 inches high with a diameter of just over 2.5 inches. I can just imagine the\u00a0dreaded day, well over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[19,154,16,120],"class_list":["post-10645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pot","tag-english","tag-metal-bands","tag-porcelain","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10645"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10851,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645\/revisions\/10851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}